Choral services

Sung prayer has been offered in Westminster Abbey nearly every day for over a thousand years. Today, services are sung daily during term time by the world-renowned Choir of Westminster Abbey, and by visiting choirs when the Abbey Choir is in recess.

The music sung ranges from Gregorian chant dating from the first millennium to contemporary music and encompasses the remarkable richness and variety of the Anglican choral tradition.

This week's choral services

All services|Organ recitals
13th - 19th September 2026
Sunday, 13th September 2026
Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity
10.00am Matins Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Ayleward Responses
Ireland Morning Service in F
Ireland Alla marcia
Order of Service available View Order of Service
11.15am Sung Eucharist High Altar
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Mozart Missa brevis in F
Mozart Ave verum corpus
Mozart Fantasia in F minor

Preacher: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon Theologian and Almoner
Order of Service available View Order of Service
3.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Rutter Come, my joy
Ayleward Responses
Robinson The Westminster Service
Vaughan Williams Antiphon
Bairstow Andante serioso, ma con moto (Sonata in E flat)

Preacher: The Reverend Nicholas Mercer Rector, The Priory Church of St Mary and St Cuthbert, Bolton Abbey, Diocese of Leeds
Order of Service available View Order of Service
Video available Watch this service
6.00pm Sung Eucharist St Margaret's Church
sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort

Ireland Communion Service in C
Rheinberger Abendlied
Ireland arr Gower Epic March

Preacher: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon Theologian and Almoner
Order of Service available View Order of Service
Video available Watch this service
Monday, 14th September 2026
Holy Cross Day
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choristers of Westminster Abbey

plainsong O lux beata Trinitas
plainsong Responses
Sumsion Evening Service in G
Pärt Vater unser im Himmel
Order of Service available View Order of Service
Tuesday, 15th September 2026
St Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, martyr, 258
The Anniversary of the Battle of Britain, 1940
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Clucas Keep me as the apple of an eye
Martin Responses
Morley The First Service
Briggs O God, forasmuch as without thee
Order of Service available View Order of Service
Wednesday, 16th September 2026
St Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, Apostle of the Picts, c 432
Edward Bouverie Pusey, priest, Tractarian, 1882
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort

Lloyd View me, Lord, a work of thine
Leighton Responses
Brewer Evening Service in D
Rheinberger Abendlied
Order of Service available View Order of Service
Thursday, 17th September 2026
St Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, visionary, 1179
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Clucas Keep me as the apple of an eye
Martin Responses
attr Buxtehude Magnificat
plainsong Nunc dimittis primi toni
Clemens non Papa Ego flos campi
Order of Service available View Order of Service
Friday, 18th September 2026
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Clucas Keep me as the apple of an eye
Martin Responses
Baskerville and Bersweden Canticles of Peace (first performance)
Byrd Prevent us, O Lord, in all our doings
Order of Service available View Order of Service
Saturday, 19th September 2026
St Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690
3.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Clucas Keep me as the apple of an eye
Martin Responses
Leighton The Second Service
Holst A Hymne to Christ
Bairstow Allegro giocoso (Sonata in E flat)
Order of Service available View Order of Service

Everyone is welcome at these services, free of charge. Security checks are in place upon entry.